[geeks] Installing Solaris 10 x86: "Disc you inserted is not a Solaris OS CD/DVD"

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Micah R Ledbetter <vlack-lists at vlack.com>
>Date: 2008/09/13 Sat AM 01:35:04 EDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: [geeks] Installing Solaris 10 x86: "Disc you inserted is not a Solaris OS CD/DVD"

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>Well... I can't say that I understand what's happening, but I'm glad  
>it's finally working. Any insight into the reasons behind the events  
>would be great, and I hope this helps someone else, because damn have  
>I been annoyed by all of this shit :).

Apparently there is some sort of hard-coded access mode change after a device is accessed for a second time, by switching devices, you are avoiding it by only using each device once - the CD to bootstrap, the DVD to copy install files.

That is very strange though...

Lionel